If compliance with any of the requirements of this chapter would result in an exceptional hardship to a prospective builder, developer or landowner, the Borough of Shippensburg Zoning Hearing Board may, upon request, grant relief from the strict application of the requirements.
Requests for variances shall be considered by the Borough of Shippensburg Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with the procedures contained in the Borough Zoning Ordinance § 150-46 and the following:
A. 
No variance shall be granted for any construction, development, use, or activity within any floodway area/district that would cause any increase in the BFE.
B. 
No variance shall be granted for any construction, development, use, or activity within any AE Area/District without floodway that would, together with all other existing and anticipated development, increase the BFE more than one foot at any point.
C. 
No variances shall be granted to wet floodproof a proposed accessory structure that exceeds 600 square feet in size.
D. 
Except for a possible modification of the regulatory flood elevation requirement involved, no variance shall be granted for any of the other requirements pertaining specifically to development regulated by special permit (Article V) or to development which may endanger human life (§ 95-26).
E. 
If granted, a variance shall involve only the least modification necessary to provide relief.
F. 
In granting any variance, the Borough of Shippensburg Zoning Hearing Board shall attach whatever reasonable conditions and safeguards it considers necessary in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, and to achieve the objectives of this chapter.
G. 
Whenever a variance is granted, the Borough of Shippensburg Zoning Hearing Board shall notify the applicant, in writing, that:
(1) 
The granting of the variance may result in increased premium rates for flood insurance.
(2) 
Such variances may increase the risks to life and property.
H. 
A complete record of all variance requests and related actions shall be maintained by the Borough of Shippensburg Zoning Hearing Board. In addition, a report of all variances granted during the year shall be included in the annual report to the FEMA.
I. 
Notwithstanding any of the above, however, all structures shall be designed and constructed so as to have the capability of resisting the 1% annual chance flood.